bookbashuk Chapter 186 Ravenclaw Coronet
Chapter 186 Ravenclaw Coronet
Chapter 186 Ravenclaw Coronet
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining the Ravenclaw tiara's alchemy craftsmanship!]
Ravenclaw crown? Dui was stunned, but then he was pleasantly surprised.
I never expected to get this from this sign-in.
The Ravenclaw tiara is a relic of Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is a treasure of Ravenclaw House.
It is said to have magical powers that increase the wearer's wisdom.
Therefore, Ravenclaw students and professors throughout history have tried to find this relic in order to gain greater wisdom.
This treasure even sparked a tragic story that spanned a thousand years:
Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena, was jealous of her mother's wisdom, believing that the crown had given her this ability. So she stole her mother's crown and fled to Albania.
When Ravenclaw was seriously ill, he missed his daughter very much, so he sent Barrow, a blood man who was in love with Helena, to find her.
The Blood Man Barrow found Helena in the Albanian forest, but she refused to go home and hid the crown in a hollow tree seed.
During the dispute, the Bloody Barrow turned love into hate, and in anger stabbed Helena to death, and then committed suicide.
After receiving this heartbreaking news, Ravenclaw also died of illness shortly afterward, and the tiara has been missing ever since.
After their deaths, Helena and Barrow both became ghosts and returned to Hogwarts. One became the ghost of Ravenclaw, and the other became the ghost of Slytherin.
A thousand years later, Voldemort, still a student, learned the whereabouts of the Ravenclaw tiara from the ghost of Helena, who was using the alias Lady Grey.
After finding the tiara, he crafted it into his fifth Horcrux and hid it in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts.
Eventually, this Ravenclaw relic was destroyed by the Fiendfyre unleashed by Slytherin student Crabbe during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Throughout the entire process, this crown, which was said to increase wisdom, never demonstrated its power, leaving people wondering whether it was true or not.
But now that Dui has acquired the gold-making techniques for the Ravenclaw tiara, he knows the rumors are true.
Rowena Ravenclaw is known for her intelligence, but what is not widely known is that she is also a highly skilled alchemist.
The Ravenclaw tiara is an alchemical artifact she created, an item that enhances wisdom.
Of course, the crown's power is not as exaggerated as it is rumored, that wearing it grants one boundless wisdom.
Instead, it will stimulate thinking potential, make the wearer's brain work faster, capture information more keenly, understand knowledge more quickly, and help them think and analyze problems more efficiently.
Therefore, a person with an empty head cannot gain wisdom even if he wears the Ravenclaw crown.
This is why Ravenclaws inscribe the phrase "The greatest treasure of mankind is wisdom" on their crowns, to remind people that the crown itself does not bring wisdom, but rather one must accumulate it through one's own efforts.
But most people failed to understand Ravenclaw's good intentions, including even her daughter.
This is also the reason for the series of tragedies that followed.
Even though he knew that the crown could not increase wisdom, Dui was not disappointed. Instead, he wanted such a crown even more.
This is the best learning aid!
If he were to receive the Ravenclaw crown, his efficiency in learning magical knowledge and researching mysteries would be greatly enhanced.
As knowledge accumulates, wisdom will naturally increase and strength will improve accordingly.
This is what Dui believes is the greatest use of the Ravenclaw crown.
In the magical world, there is another potion with a similar function to the Ravenclaw crown, called the Intelligence Enhancement Potion.
Brain-enhancing drugs, also known as brain-boosting agents, can make people think more clearly and react more quickly after taking them.
Students often take this kind of magic potion before exams in an attempt to pass the test and get high scores.
However, this behavior is prohibited by the school, especially during the most important fifth-year Common Wizarding Level exams and the seventh-year final exams; if discovered, the student's grades will be canceled.
Moreover, the effects of brain-enhancing drugs are temporary, and excessive consumption can lead to side effects such as dizziness, blurred vision, confusion, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating.
Therefore, this medicine is used very rarely and cannot be compared with the Ravenclaw tiara.
In a sense, the Ravenclaw Diadem is an enhanced and permanent version of the intelligence-enhancing potion, without any side effects.
With such a rewarding experience from this sign-in session, Dui felt the trip was worthwhile.
Having already checked in, Dui did not intend to stay in Anuminas any longer.
However, just as he bid farewell to the Dúnedan and prepared to summon the giant eagle, Saurondo, he was about to leave.
But they found Zorondo circling above Twilight Lake, playing with a flock of large white birds.
As a giant eagle, Thorondor is naturally the overlord of the sky. He can communicate with birds and is in a dominant and leading position, making him the king of birds.
A flock of birds surrounded Sorondo, like birds paying homage to a phoenix, and kept catching large fish from the lake for him to eat.
Dui was a little surprised when he saw this scene.
But when I looked closely, I found that those big white birds were actually a group of owls.
Their size far exceeds that of ordinary owls, with a wingspan of four or five meters. Their pure white feathers are spotless, like the purest first snow in winter, or like white clouds in the sky, light and flowing.
"What kind of owls are those? Why have I never heard of them before?" Dui asked Talmir curiously.
Talmir looked up at the white birds in the distance above the lake, not finding it strange, and explained with a smile:
"They are great snowy owls, who used to live on the island of Númenor. When our ancestors crossed the ocean to Middle-earth, some of them followed, but their numbers were so small that they were unknown to people."
"So you raised them?" Dui asked again.
Talmir shook his head.
"Great snowy owls are proud and arrogant. Although they do not resist humans, they will not easily submit to them. They yearn for freedom. Even if you gain their approval, you will only visit their home temporarily, like the head of the household visiting another person, and then leave quickly."
"These great snowy owls live in the pine forests at the northernmost end of the Twilight Hills and often come to Twilight Lake to fish."
Upon hearing that it was an unclaimed owl, Dui immediately became less polite.
As a wizard, how could you be without an owl as a pet?
These great snowy owls are especially beautiful, as white as snow, even their toes are like white jade, they look like white "elves".
When Dui saw the dwarves using ravens to deliver messages, he had considered getting a few owls to act as messengers.
I just never had the chance.
As for the giant eagle Zorondo, he's too big to be a messenger.
So he cast Animagus directly, and in front of Talmir's shocked eyes, he turned into an owl and flew towards Thorondo and the great snowy owls.
By transforming into an owl, Dui can understand what the owl and Zorondo are saying.
As he flew closer, he heard the great snow owls addressing Zorondo as "King" and feeding him fish as if they were offering tribute. The obsequiousness in their tone greatly shocked Dui.
Is this still the proud snowy owl that Talmir spoke of? They seem more like a bunch of treacherous officials!
"Zorondo, is this your new friend?" Dui flew up to the giant eagle and asked with a smile.
"Master, this is my new little brother!" Sorondo recognized Dui's Animagus and immediately boasted to him like a child showing off to his parents.
The other great snowy owls couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the majestic giant eagle calling an owl that was not even as big as them "master". Their big round eyes became even bigger in shock.
"You...you...you are the boss's master?" A great snowy owl was so startled that it dropped the fish it was holding in its beak and stammered in disbelief.
Seeing the snowy owls' blank expressions, Dui found it amusing and teased them, "Yeah, what's wrong? Doesn't it look like them?"
The snowy owls were struck dumb, as if they were dreaming.
Oh my god! It's the opposite of Tian Gang! Nowadays, an owl has become the master of a giant eagle!
After teasing the snowy owls, Dui flew onto Zorondo's back and transformed back into human form.
Seeing this, the snowy owls finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be a person!
Hmm? Is it a human?
The snowy owls were completely bewildered. Was this an owl or a human?
Dui, on the other hand, revealed a friendly smile, looking like a wicked uncle holding a lollipop, ready to entice a child.
Now that Zorodo has taken in these followers, things will be much easier from here on out.
Dui used his eloquence to lure them to Wind and Cloud Summit, promising them comfortable owl rooms and endless food.
Plus there was a giant eagle agreeing with him.
This group of inexperienced great snowy owls were so fooled that they agreed to work for Dui.
Then in the following time, the entire tribe of more than 300 great snowy owls, with their families, went to Fengyunding for resettlement under the leadership of the giant eagle.
The so-called "bringing the whole family along" really means exactly what it says.
I saw a great snowy owl clinging to its nest, and inside the nest were chirping chicks and even unhatched eggs.
They followed the giant eagle Zorondo in a grand procession.
The scene left the Dünedan people speechless.
Seeing that night had fallen, Dui decided to stay in Anuminas for the night. He planned to fly back to join Saurondo after he led the Great Snow Owls back to Windcloud Peak.
Taming the Great Snowy Owls is only the first step. The goal is to make them, like owls in the magical world, possess precise location skills so that they can accurately deliver envelopes to any location not blocked by magic.
That would require creating a special owl potion that, when consumed by owls, would make them smarter, more human-like, and give them precise navigation abilities.
Regardless of distance, the recipient can be accurately located, even if the recipient is on the move.
However, he is currently out of town and is not in a hurry to do this, so he has decided to train his messengers properly after he returns.
Day two.
Sorondo returned to Anuminus as the sun rose.
They also brought a letter from Alvin.
Dui's eyes softened as he looked at the longing conveyed in the handwriting of the letter.
Alwen loved the pure white snowy owls and, at Dui's request, housed the entire snowy owl clan in a tower, even preparing to build a beautiful owl house for these new members.
After reading the letter and storing it in his spatial bag, Dui bid farewell to the several Dunedan people.
I mounted the giant eagle again and flew towards the Grey Harbor in the southwest.
(End of this chapter)